The roots of the wisteria are a mixture of tap and shallow roots. You should keep this fact in mind when training to become a bonsai and choose a correspondingly deep and wide planter.
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- Can I grow wisteria myself?
- Can I grow a wisteria as a high trunk?
- Can I just transplant a wisteria?
Are some varieties particularly suitable as bonsai?
In principle, you can try to grow a bonsai from every type of wisteria. However, the species of the Japanese wisteria seem to be particularly suitable. However, you should pay attention to a harmonious overall picture. The Wisteria macrobotrys has extremely long flower panicles and the Chinese wisteria quite large leaves. Both of these make bonsai training difficult.
When do I have to start cutting?
Since the wisteria grows very quickly, you should start the targeted pruning quite early. If you aim for a final size of around 40 to 60 centimeters, you are most likely to achieve a harmonious relationship between flowers, leaves and branches.
What do I have to consider when caring for a wisteria bonsai?
Two things are particularly important when caring for a wisteria as a bonsai. On the one hand, the bonsai needs a lot of water in summer and during the flowering period. If you don't want to keep checking it, place the planter on a saucer filled with water. So the plant takes care of itself.
On the other hand, the wisteria does not bloom if it is replanted too often or incorrectly cut. Always leave enough flower buds when pruning and repot your wisteria bonsai only every three to five years.
The essentials in brief:
- select refined wisteria
- start cutting early
- cut the basic shape first, then the maintenance cut
- Pay attention to a harmonious overall picture
- blooms only after a few years
Tips
A wisteria as a bonsai needs a particularly good supply of water so that it flowers regularly.
